Spatial subset

Interactive box selection

1. Click the Open Data Source Manager and Add raster layer and select the file /geodata_w01/mosaic_S2B_MSIL2A_20190724T103029_N0213_R108_T32UNC_UNB_UPC.tif.
2. Raster --> Extraction ---> Clip Raster by Extent
3. Input file (raster): Choose a loaded file from the drop down list or click Select to browse for a file.
4. Output file: click Select to choose a new file name for the subset image.
5. Define the clipping extent by clicking... and Select extent from canvas The clipping mode is now active. Hold a left click on the map canvas dragging a box of your region of interest.
6. Adjust the extent coordinates in the text file rounding the coordinates (upper left and lower right).

1. Click OK.

Masking by vector polygon

• Load the vector file of the communities of county Göttingen e.g. \geodata_w01\VG250_GEM_KRS_Goettingen.gpkg.
• Select a community of your choice: right click Open Attribute Table

• Raster --> Extraction ---> Clip Raster by Mask Layer...

1. Input file (raster): Choose a loaded file name from the drop down list or click Select to browse to a file. * Make sure that the CRS is the same like the image file (here WGS84/UTM Zone 32, EPSG:32632) that you wish to be clipped!
2. Mask layer: Select the vector file (s. above).
3. Switch checkbox on: Selected features only.
4. Assign a specofied nodata value: 65535
5. Clipped (mask)): click Select to choose a new file name for the subset image.
6. Switch the checkbox on: Crop the extent of the target dataset to the extent of the cutline. All image data outside the polygon will be masked.
7. Click Run.